Thursday, June 11, 2015
SOUTH AFRICA - First penile transplant recipient 'to become father'
The South African recipient of the world's first penile transplant is to become a father, a surgeon who performed the operation has told the BBC. His girlfriend has reported that she is about four months' pregnant, and this showed that the "transplant worked", said Andre van der Merwe.
The 21-year-old recipient, whose identify is being protected, lost his penis in a botched circumcision. The operation took place in December. Surgeons at Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital performed a nine-hour operation to attach a donated penis. Dr Van der Merwe said he was "very pleased" when he heard that the man's girlfriend was pregnant, and had not asked for a paternity test as there was no reason not to believe the couple.
Read the article HERE
INC News, 11/06/2015 - via BBC
Splash of sexual violence against children is noted in Kazakhstan
Splash of sexual violence against children and teenagers is noted in Kazakhstan. For the last five years the quantity of such crimes increased twice, the Attorney-General of Kazakhstan Askhat Daulbayev said at the meeting of the Coordination council on law enforcement, under the Prosecutor General's Office of Kazakhstan.
As A. Daulbayev noted the relevance of the discussed subject is dictated by the frequent facts of sexual violence, especially concerning minors.
"First of all the double increase in the registered criminal offenses about sexual inviolability over the last 5 years causes concern. If in 2010, 1,885 crimes were registered, in 2014 the quantity made 3,623 The objective statistics causes serious concern. Following the results of five months of the current year the quantity of such offenses made 1,881 crimes," Daulbayev said.
INC News, 11/06/2015 - via AK ZHAIK
От первого лица: совместные военно-морские учения России и Египта
В Средиземном море проходят совместные военно-морские учения России и Египта «Мост Дружбы — 2015». В рамках отработки досмотра подозрительных кораблей, досмотровая команда с ГРКР «Москва» высадилась на египетский фрегат «Шарм-аль-Шейх». В свою очередь, египетские моряки «досмотрели» ракетный корабль на воздушной подушке «Самум».
BREAKING NEWS FROM KAZAKHSTAN - BREAKING NEWS FROM KAZAKHSTAN
ASTROSAMANTHA E' TORNATA A TERRA!!
LA PRIMA ASTRONAUTA ITALIANA, DOPO 200 GIORNI DI VIAGGIO ATTORNO ALLA TERRA, ALLE 15:44 ORA EUROPEA E' ATTERRATA CONI DUE COLLEGHI IN KAZAKHSTAN
RUSSIA - Police engage in high-speed chase and shootout against Moscow ‘robber gang’
“The arrest of the gang, formed on an ethnic basis and suspected carrying out a series of attacks, was undertaken by Moscow police and special forces. The group resisted actively, forcing the police to use personal firearms. No policemen or bystanders sustained injuries as a result of the operation,” said the police department in an official statement.
Police sources told the Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper that a team, which planned to arrest the group on their way to a robbery, was trailing a Mercedes SUV, holding men from the former Soviet republics of Moldova, Georgia and Tajikistan until it stopped at a traffic light at a busy intersection next to one of Moscow’s largest train stations.
Read article HERE
INC News 11/0-6/2015 - via RT
BREAKING NEWS FROM AMERICA - BREAKING NEWS FROM LONDON
Times Square high-rise in smoke, building evacuated
New York firefighters are battling a blaze on the 33rd floor of a high-rise in Times Square.
A fire broke out around 5 PM local time at 1515 Broadway, also known as One Astor Plaza, the headquarters of Viacom and home of MTV studios. It was reportedly electrical in nature.
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